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2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga (women)

Handball-Bundesliga Frauen
Season2025–26
Dates29 August 2025 –
Top goalscorerGermany Nina Engel
(132 goals)
← 2024–25
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga Frauen is the 50th season of Handball-Bundesliga Frauen, Germany's premier handball league.

On 22 July 2025, the defending champions HB Ludwigsburg declared their bankruptcy, resulting in them withdrawing from the league. Therefore, the league only consists of 11 teams for the 2025/26 season.[1][2][3]

Teams

Location of the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen 2025–26 teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2024–25 2. Handball-Bundesliga Frauen 		Relegated from
2024–25 Handball-Bundesliga Frauen
SV Union Halle-Neustadt Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Arenas

Team Location Arena Capacity
Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 5,600
Buxtehuder SV Buxtehude Neue Halle Nord 1,800
BSV Sachsen Zwickau Zwickau Sparkassen-Arena Zwickau 3,043
Thüringer HC Bad Langensalza Salza-Halle 1,100
HSG Bensheim/Auerbach Bensheim Weststadthalle 2,000
VfL Oldenburg Oldenburg EWE Arena 2,300
TuS Metzingen Tübingen Paul-Horn-Arena 3,132
Sport-Union Neckarsulm Neckarsulm Ballei-Sporthalle 1,500
HSG Blomberg-Lippe Blomberg Sporthalle an der Ulmenallee 1,300
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Sporthalle Wellinghofen 2,500
SV Union Halle-Neustadt Halle SWH.arena 1,200

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
HSG Blomberg-Lippe Germany Steffen Birkner Germany Laura Rüffieux Italy Erreà
VfL Oldenburg Germany Niels Bötel Germany Marie Steffen Germany Adidas
Thüringer HC Germany Herbert Müller Austria Josefine Hanfland Japan Mizuno
TuS Metzingen Germany Miriam Hirsch Germany Svenja Hübner and Germany Marie Weiss Germany Kempa
BSV Sachsen Zwickau Germany Norman Rentsch Hungary Laura Szabó Spain Joma
HSG Bensheim/Auerbach Germany Ilka Fickinger Germany Lisa Friedberger Germany Kempa
Buxtehuder SV Germany Dirk Leun Germany Teresa von Prittwitz Germany Kempa
Sport-Union Neckarsulm Germany Thomas Zeitz Belgium Munia Smits Germany JAKO
Frisch Auf Göppingen Germany Nico Kiener Germany Louisa de Bellis Germany Kempa
Borussia Dortmund Netherlands Henk Groener Germany Alicia Langer Germany Puma
SV Union Halle-Neustadt Germany Ines Seidler Germany Lea Gruber Denmark Hummel

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Dortmund 15 13 1 1 537 434 +103 27 Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League
2 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 15 13 0 2 469 379 +90 26 Championship play-offs
3 HSG Bensheim/Auerbach 16 12 0 4 548 501 +47 24
4 Thüringer HC 16 10 1 5 518 484 +34 21
5 VfL Oldenburg 14 8 0 6 433 416 +17 16
6 Sport-Union Neckarsulm 16 7 0 9 459 474 −15 14
7 TuS Metzingen 14 5 1 8 422 468 −46 11
8 Frisch Auf Göppingen 15 3 2 10 459 493 −34 8
9 BSV Sachsen Zwickau 14 3 1 10 400 455 −55 7 Relegation play-off to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
10 SV Union Halle-Neustadt 15 3 0 12 427 497 −70 6
11 Buxtehuder SV 16 1 4 11 433 504 −71 6
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2026. Source: HBLF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

References

  1. ^ "Kurz vor Liga-Auftakt: Ludwigsburg-Entscheidung gefallen". handball-world.news (in German). 28 August 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  2. ^ Elger, Maike. "Insolvenz-Chaos, Favoritinnen, Modus: Die Frauen-Handball-Bundesliga 2025/26 im Überblick". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  3. ^ "Handball Bundesliga Frauen". www.alsco-hbf.de. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
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